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Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the WVU School of Public Health to host events focused on vulnerable adults
Friday, August 18, 2017
Next month, the WVU School of Public Health and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will co-host a series of events focusing on aging, elder abuse and public health policy. Two separate lectures will feature Dr. Pamela B. Teaster, Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, followed by OLLI’s annual fall open house event. -
Patrick Thomas, poster winner at undergraduate research symposium
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Patrick Thomas, an undergraduate cancer researcher in Dr. Laura Gibson's lab, was the winner in the Health Sciences category of the 2017 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (SURE).Read Patrick Thomas, poster winner at undergraduate research symposium full story
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Rockefeller, Burwell to keynote WVU Children’s Health Policy Summit
Thursday, August 17, 2017
As children’s access to quality and accessible health care is in uncertain times, West Virginia University’s John D. Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics is partnering with WVU Health Sciences and WVU Libraries to host a Children’s Health Policy Summit: Understanding the People, Place and Policy Behind Health Care. The summit is scheduled for Sept. 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Erickson Alumni Center.Read Rockefeller, Burwell to keynote WVU Children’s Health Policy Summit full story
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WVU researchers, health professionals lead new effort to prevent HIV and hepatitis C outbreaks related to opioid epidemic
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
When communities face epidemics of drug abuse, a wave of infectious diseases often follows, including hepatitis and HIV. A new federally-funded program in southern West Virginia, led by West Virginia University, will seek to interrupt that cycle. -
Department of Emergency Medicine John E. Prescott Visiting Professor, Steven B. Bird, MD
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Steven B. Bird, M.D., to present the Department of Emergency Medicine's John E. Prescott Visiting Professor lecture on "Pattern Recognition in Toxicology," Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. in WVU Health Sciences' Okey Patteson Auditorium.